Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 The dukes of Lancaster & Yorke excuse the duke of Glocester to the king.The two dukes of Lancaster and Yorke to deliuer the kings mind of suspicion, made answer, that they were not ignorant, how their brother of Glocester, as a man sometime rash in woords, would speake oftentimes more than he could or would bring to ef|fect, and the same proceeded of a faithfull hart, which he bare towards the king, for that it grieued him to vnderstand, that the confines of the English domi|nions should in anie wise be diminished: therefore his grace ought not to regard his woords, sith he should take no hurt thereby. These persuasions quie|ted the king for a time, till he was informed of the practise which the duke of Glocester had contriued (as the fame went amongst diuerse persons) to im|prison the king. For then the duke of Lancaster and Yorke, first reprouing the duke of Glocester for his too liberall talking, vttering vnaduisedlie woords that became not his person, and which to haue con|cealed had tended more to the opinion of vertue, than to lash out whatsoeuer his vnstaied mind affoorded, which is a great fault (as in effect the poet noteth:
and perceuing that he set nothing by their woords, were in doubt least if they should remaine in the court still, he would vpon a presumptuous mind, in trust to be borne out by them, attempt some outra|gious enterprise. Wherefore they thought best to de|part for a time into their countries, that by their ab|sence he might the sooner learne to staie himselfe for doubt of further displeasure. But it came to passe, that their departing from the court was the casting awaie of the duke of Glocester. For after that they were gone, there ceassed not such as bare him euill will, to procure the K. to dispatch him out of the way.Eximia est virtus praestare silentia rebu [...],At contra grauis est culpa tacenda loqus)
Compare 1577 edition: 1 The duke in déed sore stomached the matter, that his counsell might not be followed in all things, and speciallie for that he saw (as he tooke it) that the king was misled by some persons that were about him, otherwise than stood with his honor: for refor|mation whereof, he conferred with the abbat of saint Albons, and the prior of Westminster. The abbat was both his c [...]o [...]ine and godfather:A conspir [...] betwéene the duke of Glo|cester and the abbat of [...] Albons. and hauing on a daie both the duke and the prior at his house in saint Albons, after dinner he [...]ell in talke with the duke and prior, and amongst other communication req [...]|red of the prior to tell truth, whether he had anie vi|sion the night before or not The prior séemed with to make a direct answer;Out of an [...] French pam|phlet belong|ing to Iohn Stow. but at length being earnestlie requested as well by the abb [...]t as the duke, he decla|red that he had a vision in déed, which was, that the realme of England should be destroied through the misgouernement of king Richard.
By the virgine Marie, said the abbat, I had the verie same vision.The duke herevpon disclosed vnto them all the se|crets of his mind, and by their deuises presentlie con|triued an assemblie of diuerse great lords of the realme at Arundell castell that daie for might, at what time he himselfe appointed to be there, with the earles of Derbie, Arundell, Marshall, and War|wike: also the archbishop of Canturburie, the abbat of saint Albens, the prior of Westminster, with di|uerse others.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 These estates being come to Arundell castell at the daie appointed, Anno Reg. 1 [...]. about the verie beginning of the one and twentith yeare of king Richards reigne, they sware [...]ch to other to be assistant in all such matters as they should determine, and therewith re|ceiued the sacrament at the hands of the archbishop of Canturburie, who celebrated masse before them the morow after. Which doone, they withdrew into a chamber, and fell in counsell togither, where in the end they light vpon this point; to take king Richard,The purp [...]s of the conspi|rators. the dukes of Lancaster & Yorke, and commit them to prison, and all the other lords of the kings councell they determined shuld be drawne and hanged. Such was their purpose which they ment to haue accom|plished in August following. But the earle marshall that was lord deputie of Calis, and had married the earle of Arundels daughter, discouered all their coun|sell to the king, and the verie daie in which they should begin their enterprise.The earle marshall dis|closeth the conspira [...]ie. The king bad the earle mar|shall take héed what hehad said, for if it proued not true, he should repent it: but the earle constantlie herevnto answered, that if the matter might be pro|ued otherwise, he was contented to be drawne and quartered.